Oklahoma City 89, Portland 77: Good luck finding a Portland fan who didn’t watch this game and dream about having Kevin Durant in the City of Roses. He scored 33 points – topping 25 for the 25th straight game – collected 11 rebounds and the Thunder have won six in a row. Oklahoma City has 30 wins. Portland has 30 wins. There’s optimism in one city. Pessimism in another. Durant put the sickest crossover move on Andre Miller in transition last night, but the video isn’t online yet. Read the rest of this entry »
NBA All-Star Weekend: Among the 4,126 parties this weekend in Dallas is something called the Best of Both Worlds, a party being hosted by Vince Young, Shannon Brown, Show Magazine, and Kobe Bryant. Obviously Kobe's the headliner, so he's featured on the fliers. This is news because ... TMZ claims being connected to this party could "potentially sully [Kobe's] resurrected image." What a joke. The real news is that Laura Dore is incredible (mildly NSFW). This should be the official theme song for All-Star weekend. If anyone will be in Dallas and would like to be a paid correspondent for TBL, let's talk: jmcintyre@thebiglead.com. (30)
After tonight’s UNC-Duke game, someone has to ask Coach K if he saw this. Preferably an out-of-town media member – don’t want any locals to feel Coach K’s wrath and get banned from the Durham campus. [via Joe]
If you didn’t see last night’s episode, stop reading. If you don’t watch the show, there will be another post going up in 15 minutes. Read the rest of this entry »
For some reason, Jets coach Rex Ryan showed up at the Hurricanes/Panthers game in Raleigh last night wearing a Flyers jersey. Read the rest of this entry »
With three weeks left in the regular season, the bubble is shrinking. Next week, we’ll just examine the bubble teams – which number roughly 20, by our count – at this time. Here’s last week’s offering. Read the rest of this entry »
George Hill is apologizing to his team, fans, family and girlfriend for some nude pictures he took last year. “A year ago I made a mistake and take full responsibility for my actions. I have matured and learned from this episode.” For those of you that enjoyed last month’s theme of Greg Oden’s member, just wait. Since Hill isn’t a former #1 pick, we might not hear as much about this crank , but don’t be surprised if more junk surfaces.
Michael David Barrett, you’ve got issues. “Also, as he did with victim Andrews, defendant ran “People Searches” (a type of Internet background check that can produce information such as date of birth and home address) on more than 30 other women between Nov. 25, 2006 and July 2, 2009. These women included other female sports reporters, as well as other television personalities.” [The Smoking Gun]
Help!: Mark Zuckerman spent nearly a decade at the Washington Times covering baseball. When the paper dropped its sports section in December, Zuckerman decided to start a blog. Now, he's trying to raise $5k to get down to spring training. So far, he's raised $4k. Send him money if you want to have access to exclusive Jim Riggleman info on the 74-win Nationals. [Nats Insider] (18)
